Energy and Environment Committe

JOURNAL – ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE Friday, February 3, 2023 ROOM 1010, CITY HALL ­ 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER KATY YAROSLAVSKY, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER TIM MCOSKER COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD COUNCILMEMBER EUNISSES HERNANDEZ (Eric Villanueva ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1075 or eric.villanueva@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other channels. Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 160 134 4959 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. Once admitted into the meeting, press *9 to request to speak. Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978­1133. For Telecommunication Relay Services for the hearing impaired, please see the information located at the end of this agenda. Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com Note: For information regarding the Committee and its operations, please contact the Committee Legislative Assistant at the phone number and/or email address listed above. The Legislative Assistant may answer questions and provide materials and notice of matters scheduled before the City Council. Sign Language Interpreters, Communication Access Real­Time Transcription (CART), Assistive Listening Devices, or other auxiliary aids and/or services may be provided upon request. To ensure availability, you are advised to make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting/event you wish to attend. Due to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT ITEM(S) to difficulties in securing Sign Language Interpreters, five or more business days notice is strongly recommended. For additional information, please contact the Legislative Assistant listed above. Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 23­0070 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 116, which approves a License Agreement with 59TC 8me, LLC; 50LW 8me, LLC; 26SB 8me, LLC; and 51LV 8me, LLC, for an Overhead Transmission Line crossing over Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's First and Second Los Angeles Aqueducts, in Kern County, California. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 16, 2023 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 15, 2023) APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated January 11, 2023 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (2) 23­0062 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 119, which approves Lease No. 1133 with California Institute of Technology, for the Owens Valley Radio Observatory. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 13, 2023 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 10, 2023) APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated January 12, 2023 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (3) 23­0024 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board  Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ FEBRUARY 13, 2023 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ FEBRUARY 10, 2023) APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated January 12, 2023 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (3) 23­0024 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 108, which approves the Utility Crossing Agreement with Torrance Pipeline Company LLC Halldale Receiving Station. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ MARCH 7, 2023 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ MARCH 7, 2023) APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated January 5, 2023 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (4) 23­0039 Motion (Yaroslavsky – Park – Raman) relative to an overview of the Scattergood Generating Station Green Hydrogen project; potential alternatives to the project including fuel cells, multi­day demand response programs, long­duration energy storage; public health and safety impacts or risks of producing, transporting, storing, and combusting green hydrogen, including emissions of NOx and other pollutants; public engagement process for the project conducted to date; role of green hydrogen at large in the City’s transition to 100% renewable energy; and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky – Park – Raman) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (5) 22­0924 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 023, which approves the Juneteenth Holiday for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes  Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Yaroslavsky – Park – Raman) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (5) 22­0924 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to Board Resolution No. 023 023, which approves the Juneteenth Holiday for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Energy and Environment and Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committees) APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated August 10, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (6) 22­1252 City Clerk report relative to the annual status update regarding the Bradley Landfill Community Trust Fund No. 48M for Fiscal Year 2021­22. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED City Clerk report dated October 14, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (7) 21­1258­S1 Board of Public Works report relative to actions related to the GREEN filtration Project. (This item was referred to the Public Works Committee and Energy and Environment Committee) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated November 9, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (8) 13­0703­S1 CDs 1, 11 & 14 Motion (Hernandez – Park) relative to adopting the Resolution and accepting the Proposition 84 Integrated Regional Water Management Grant Program funding from the State of California Department of Water Resources, through the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, for the Water Quality and Runoff Reuse Project. Community Impact Statement: None submitted  APPROVED Board of Water Power Commissioners report dated November 9, 2022 – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez (8) 13­0703­S1 CDs 1, 11 & 14 Motion (Hernandez – Park) relative to adopting the Resolution and accepting the Proposition 84 Integrated Regional Water Management Grant Program funding from the State of California Department of Water Resources, through the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, for the Water Quality and Runoff Reuse Project. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Hernandez – Park) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes; (2) Absent: Blumenfield; Hernandez If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.